Porcelain Sensory Coffee Cup
Nordic Minimal – Coffee Sensory Cup, Small Tilt
CCCLAY's Nordic Minimal Small Tilt Cup is a 120 ml porcelain coffee sensory cup with a pink-and-white gradient glaze incorporating plant ash, with a silky surface, designed for comparing thin- and thick-side sipping as coffee cools.
Best Uses
- Very light-roasted coffee: CCCLAY recommends this silky ash-containing glaze for a fuller, rounder tasting impression.
- Thin side: Designed to bring perceived acidity and sweetness into focus.
- Thick side: Designed to bring mouthfeel and body into focus.
- Temperature comparison: Alternate between both sides as the coffee cools to explore how your perception of acidity, sweetness and body changes.
Key Specifications
- Product: Nordic Minimal – Coffee Sensory Cup, Small Tilt.
- Cup shape: Small Tilt.
- Capacity: 120 ml.
- Material: Porcelain; made in China.
- Design: Thick and thin sipping sides in one cup, designed for comparing acidity and sweetness with mouthfeel and body as coffee cools.
- Technique: Pink-and-white spray-applied gradient glaze incorporating plant ash.
- Kaolin sources: Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangdong, China.
- Porcelain-body firing: 1,220°C or higher.
Design & Craft
- Technique: Pink and white glazes are spray-applied to form a two-color gradient. Plant ash is incorporated into the glaze using traditional ash-glaze practice.
- Craft challenge: Firing-temperature control develops the intended colors, while the application keeps the pink-to-white transition soft and natural.
- Design inspiration: Gentle morning light over a snow-covered landscape.
- Surface: The ash-containing glaze has a silky feel.
- CCCLAY tasting note: In our tasting experience, this glaze is particularly well suited to very light-roasted coffee, giving a fuller, rounder impression in the cup.
- Finish: High-fired glaze. Small variations in the handmade finish make each piece individual.
Materials
Porcelain made from an exclusive kaolin blend sourced from Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangdong, China. The blend is formulated for the functional requirements of each cup design. The porcelain body is fired at 1,220°C or higher. Pink-and-white spray-applied gradient glaze incorporating plant ash.
Product Care
- Dishwasher safe.
- Clean with a soft sponge and dry with a soft cloth.
- Avoid steel wool and abrasive cleaning tools.
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Porcelain Designed for Professional Beverage Tasting
CCCLAY designs and makes porcelain tasting cups for coffee, tea, craft beer, wine and spirits, using proprietary kaolin blends and specially developed glazes.
Kaolin origin: Premium kaolin sourced from Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangdong, China.
Proprietary porcelain blends: Kaolin from these three provinces is blended to meet the functional requirements of each cup design.
High-temperature firing: The porcelain is fired at 1,220°C or higher.
Beverage-specific glazes: CCCLAY develops custom glazes for different beverages, with the aim of enhancing aroma and flavor perception and delivering a smooth, refined drinking experience.
For CCCLAY, competition-level tasting is a commitment to care, precision and attention to every drink.
Rooted in Traditional Chinese Color-Glaze Craftsmanship
CCCLAY innovates the heritage with a modern touch — developing gradient effects with richer colors and smoother, more natural transitions, breathing modern life into an ancient technique.
Uniquely Handmade
Because these cups are handmade, each one possesses its own unique beauty and character. The slight variations, including minor bumps or pores, are a natural result of the porcelain material and our careful crafting process.
These distinctive features make your cup unique and truly special.
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